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५२ कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
figures, one on either side, with offerings in their hands. In my opinion, the principal feature of this sculpture is the fantastic canopy over it; this canopy projects from the niche to within a level of the most prominent part of the figure, and is formed by the heads of seven snakes, which emanate from behind the figure, and by their maniforld coils, form the background. Towards the north, and on the ocgagonal part of the shaft of this pillar, there is an inscription of twelve lines!. Besides this pillar, there are at Kahaon two ruined temples, and some tanks, &c., which, however, are hardly worth a separate note. 1. An impression of this inscription is given in Plate XXX of General
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